Software Engineering Placement (12 months)

Who we are

We partner with universities to run online degree programs, from course production to enrolment support. Since 1998, the platform has grown to more than 5,000 corporate customers. Deadlines cluster at the end of the quarter when clients spend their budgets.

The internship

The intern will work on internal tools and APIs used by our support and operations staff. Daily standup on Google Meet, everything else async on Slack. You can work from home anywhere in Chile. We have no office requirement. We keep meetings to a minimum and work mostly async.

Day to day

Profile slow endpoints and suggest fixes, such as adding an index or caching a result. Fix bugs from the Jira backlog, starting with small, well-defined tickets. Raise pull requests on GitHub and respond to code review comments within a day. Query and update data in PostgreSQL or MySQL, including simple migrations. Join the daily 15-minute standup on Google Meet and post a short written update in Slack. Add unit tests with pytest or Jest so new code does not lower coverage.

Who can apply

Available for the full internship period. Based in Chile for the duration of the internship. Currently enrolled in a bachelor's or master's degree, graduating between December 2027 and June 2028. Eligible to work in Chile. Good grasp of at least one programming language: Python, Java, JavaScript or C++. Basic understanding of data structures, OOP and how HTTP requests work. Comfortable writing simple SQL queries (SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY). Some experience with Git, even if only on college or personal projects.

What you'll learn

Code review on every pull request, so expect a lot of feedback on naming, tests and structure. Weekly 1:1 with your mentor to go over what went well and what to work on next.

Duration: 4 months

Start date: Feb 2027

Stipend: CLP 1,050,000 - CLP 1,100,000/month

Perks

Letter of recommendation. Company laptop. Certificate of completion. Internet allowance. Possibility of a full-time offer.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

Duration: 4 months. Start: Feb 2027.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Wheatside SpA.